Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to no sale coverage last week. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.65/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −75.74 against this barn's trailing median of $404.39.

Average price

$328.65

46 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$37.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.61

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	357.25	1,880	11thin
Medium and Large 2	553	319.66	1,769	35

One grade step is worth $37.60/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $454.14, low $321.67, median $404.39 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

328.65

—

SC average5 barns · 85 hd

322.03

+6.61

This barn, trailing median26 sales

404.39

−75.74

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,577	172.21	2,715	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	155.25	2,314	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	154.17	1,889	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	128.00	1,360	16

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,358	$2,115	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,108	$1,775	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	960	$1,325	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$2,950	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$1,386	3thin

Every lot, as filed

91 lots · USDA AMS · Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	343.67/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,598	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	373.65/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,226	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	324.19/cwt	322.50–326.00	1,683	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	414.83/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,763	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	316.89/cwt	307.00–322.50	1,924	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	424.42/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,583	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	441.90/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,237	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	362.60/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	316.62/cwt	313.00–322.00	1,830	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	373.51/cwt	365.00–378.00	1,341	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	300.71/cwt	297.50–304.00	2,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	378.65/cwt	357.50–390.00	1,958	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	357.73/cwt	347.50–367.50	1,871	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	592	284.99/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	354.91/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	417.33/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,795	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	333.92/cwt	327.00–341.00	2,114	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	300	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	305	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	255	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	441.99/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,410	5
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	770	1,328.00/head	1,328.00–1,328.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	285	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,311	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	158.09/cwt	147.00–169.00	2,344	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	2,054	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	130.09/cwt	120.00–142.50	1,739	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	183.95/cwt	178.00–190.00	2,235	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	155.15/cwt	148.00–162.00	1,863	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	915	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	910	1,479.00/head	1,479.00–1,479.00	1,479	1
Bulls	—	—	1,484	162.51/cwt	150.00–169.00	2,412	6
Bulls	—	—	1,646	179.49/cwt	173.00–183.00	2,954	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	111.09/cwt	95.00–122.50	1,038	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	141.15/cwt	132.50–151.00	1,642	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	328.66/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,358	2,114.72/head	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,115	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	965	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	319.95/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	276.22/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	330.64/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,881	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	305.03/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,614	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,866	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	389.89/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	314.05/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,131	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	302.11/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	344.47/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,354	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	318.60/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,545	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	343.33/cwt	330.00–350.00	893	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	279.95/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	370.33/cwt	360.00–382.50	1,766	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	585	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	293.56/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,800	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	543	294.98/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	347.66/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,113	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	250–300	250	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	339.76/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,437	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	324.78/cwt	315.00–342.50	1,835	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	331.99/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,726	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	627	271.76/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	482	335.06/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,615	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	300.02/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	518	282.56/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,464	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	362.44/cwt	345.00–377.50	1,729	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	384.56/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	2

How this sale compares

South Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

Mon Nov 17, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 390Last week 396Year ago 504

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 87Year ago 139

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 26Year ago 36

No comparisons made this week due to no sale coverage last week. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	360.00–380.00	373.65
15	350–400	359	365.00–378.00	373.51
4	400–450	411	357.50–370.00	362.60
15	450–500	465	335.00–352.50	343.67
8	500–550	519	322.50–326.00	324.19
6	550–600	578	313.00–322.00	316.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	518	280.00–285.00	282.56
1	550–600	585	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	415.00	415.00
1	300–350	305	405.00	405.00
1	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	290.00	290.00
1	300–350	315	300.00	300.00
3	350–400	360	300.00–322.50	314.05
1	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	525	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	375.00	375.00
3	250–300	260	330.00–350.00	343.33
2	300–350	320	345.00–350.00	347.66
5	350–400	393	335.00–357.50	344.47
11	400–450	423	320.00–352.50	339.76
10	450–500	485	310.00–332.50	318.60
10	500–550	529	295.00–315.00	305.03
6	550–600	566	290.00–312.50	302.11
5	600–650	613	285.00–300.00	293.56
2	650–700	670	272.50–280.00	276.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	430.00–450.00	441.90
5	300–350	319	425.00–455.00	441.99
17	350–400	373	400.00–440.00	424.42
20	400–450	425	400.00–425.00	414.83
1	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
10	500–550	523	347.50–367.50	357.73
1	550–600	560	352.50	352.50
3	600–650	607	307.00–322.50	316.89
1	650–700	650	306.00	306.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	355.00	355.00
7	450–500	482	320.00–342.50	335.06
2	500–550	543	290.00–300.00	294.98
5	550–600	592	260.00–300.00	284.99
3	600–650	627	260.00–280.00	271.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	390.00	390.00
3	350–400	373	385.00–395.00	389.89
7	400–450	421	370.00–395.00	384.56
10	450–500	477	345.00–377.50	362.44
11	500–550	520	320.00–345.00	331.99
17	550–600	565	315.00–342.50	324.78
5	600–650	621	285.00–312.50	300.02
5	650–700	672	260.00–300.00	279.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	460.00	460.00
1	300–350	300	465.00	465.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	365.00	365.00
1	300–350	310	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	375	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	405	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	470	320.00–337.50	328.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
5	450–500	477	360.00–382.50	370.33
3	500–550	533	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	569	320.00–337.50	330.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	427.50	427.50
2	400–450	430	410.00–425.00	417.33
1	450–500	450	397.50	397.50
7	500–550	517	357.50–390.00	378.65
2	550–600	555	345.00–365.00	354.91
2	600–650	633	327.00–341.00	333.92
2	650–700	683	297.50–304.00	300.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	475	315.00–325.00	319.95
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,358	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,114.72
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	1,328.00	1,328.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	1,350.00	1,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	1,479.00	1,479.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	2,950.00	2,950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,483	147.00–169.00	158.09
1	—	1,550	132.50	132.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	120.00–142.50	130.09
2	—	1,215	178.00–190.00	183.95
13	—	1,201	148.00–162.00	155.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	934	95.00–122.50	111.09
9	—	1,163	132.50–151.00	141.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,484	150.00–169.00	162.51
8	—	1,646	173.00–183.00	179.49

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

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